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Question 40

Direct during a discontinued vehicle trial: "Can the minibus carry twelve cases?" The organiser asked whether ___.

  1. could the minibus carry all twelve cases
  2. the minibus could carry all twelve casesCorrect answer
  3. did the minibus can carry twelve cases
  4. the minibus did could carry twelve cases

Explanation

The minibus could carry has the subject before the modal and moves the former ability into the past trial. Could the minibus carry retains direct-question inversion rather than indirect statement order.

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